ACWORTH, Ga. (AP) – A Georgia man has been sentenced by a judge to three years in prison for fatally beating a small dog – a Pomeranian-Chihuahua mix – because she urinated in his suburban Atlanta home.

A warrant says the dog named Lilly was slammed with such force that it knocked out three of her teeth on April 20 of last year. It says Taylor then beat the dog days later, leading to the animal’s death.

Cobb County police say no charges were filed until a necropsy was performed on the dog at the University of Georgia.